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When you lost your icons, did you install the software through SDC or Impulse? and did you uninstall the software using the same?

What version of IconPackager did you download and install when this happened?

Installing IconPackager through Impulse all the times. Removed it both with Impulse and the standard solution from Windows.

Birger

Would someone try creating a fresh administrator's user account in Vista and seeing if all their missing icons are visible there? It could offer a temporary workaround should this work.

It was an idea. I have XP SP3 and that has worked to solve other similar problems. I'm assuming you didn't have Icon Packager installed at the time you created the new user account?

Join the club!
I was able to get most of my icons back, but not all of them.
I hope that you have better luck then I had!

Yes. It does not rectify my situation.

If so is the case, they need to fix the removed by Impulse.

The problem is related to a laptop I borrowed from work. And I really need to fix this.

Birger

I managed to get all of my icons back again, by first uninstalling IconPackager using Stardock Central (not Impulse) and then going through the registry and manually removing every instance of the word iconpackager. I had restarted Vista after uninstalling the program but there were still a lot of references to it in the registry. I still had no icons after restarting again, so I reinstalled IconPackager 4 using Stardock Central and chose the windows default package and every blank icon changed to the proper one! I am tempted to try another package, but might wait a few days.

Thank you to everybody for their suggestions. Alix

I am glad it worked for someone else too!  I uninstalled Impulse myself.  Things were working fine until then...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I guess I'm joining the party too.

I have a computer (Windows XP Service Pack 3) with IP installed (version 2.5 I think). After rebuilding the cache and repairing the icon images, I uninstalled IP so I can install an newer version of IP. All of my icons were fine after the installation.

However, when I installed a newer version of IP, (version 4.1), ALL of my icons changed into blank ones. When I tried applying a package, only the basic Windows icons changed (ie. folder icons), everything else remained blank INCLUDING: my Office 2007 icons, all installed programs' icons, EVERYTHING basically.

From here, I tried repairing the icon images and rebuilding the cache, and nothing happened. Then I uninstalled IP again and NOTHING HAPPENED AGAIN! So basically I have a computer whose icons can't be seen except for the folders, thus making navigation on my computer VERY difficult.

Finally, after doing a system restore (by using Windows' system restore tool to go back to an earlier time), my icons returned to normal, but with the old IP installed on it.

Is there anyway I can upgrade my IP program without destroying my icons??

Thanks for any help you guys can provide!

For problems like this I recomend trying  Analog's suggestion. This is also a small program for removing the software from your system. Once you uninstall the IconPackager you will need to reinstall through Impulse. Make sure that you restart your machine afrer the uninstall and BEFORE you run the software again.

http://sd.stardock.com/mike/apps/odnt_zapper.exe

Please let us know if you have further questions.

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have taken the liberty and time out of my day to provide a detailed walk through on how to retrieve your long-lost icons. Many of you (by the hundreds) are suffering of the painful annoyance that comes with uninstalling IconPackager.

Issue: When uninstalling IconPackager all or the majority of my icons go/are blank. See figure 1

Solution: Download and run the fix provided by Stardock Corp.

[Figure 1]


Solution Explained:

1. Since you have already un-installed IconPackager, you must re-install it. Simply grab the free trial from CNET (http://www.download.com/IconPackager/3000-2195_4-10031210.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10893658)
2. Once IconPackager is installed, download the fix provided by Stardock and save to your desktop (http://sd.stardock.com/mike/apps/odnt_zapper.exe).
3. Go to your desktop and run the "odnt_zapper.exe" file just downloaded. Refer to [Figure 2]

[Figure 2]

1. Check the small box next to "IconPackager" and click "Apply". Refer to [Figure 3]

[Figure 3]

1. You will be prompted with 2 warnings. The first will be a "cleanup" warning asking if you are sure you want to delete everything [Figure 4]. Select [YES] and ignore it. After you select yes, you will receive an error saying you must re-install. Ignore this error and select [OK].

[Figure 4]

1. Click on [OK] and exit the program.
2. By now, your icons should have all came back to normal. Not only are your icons back to normal, but your IconPackager is now officially uninstalled.

I hope my fix was helpful and you are able to utilize it.

//Edit//

I am simply going to chime in with this other fix. If the above fix does not work (which it should), another way to retrieve your icons back is by manually resetting them. This may be a tedious task, however it is still quicker and more effective then reformatting/system restore.

To do this follow these simply steps:

1. Right click on the icon that is not displaying properly.
2. Select "properties"
3. Select "change icon"
4. Click on "OK"
5. Click on "Apply"
6. Click on "OK"

You may think I missed a step and failed to desribe what you do when you are in the 'change icon' menu, however I did not. By default the icon will be there and already selected, therefor there is no need to select or change aynthing.